The wanderer Vacchagotta asked the Buddha, "How is it, Venerable Gautama; does the self exist?"
The Buddha remained silent.
"Then how is it, Venerable Gautama; does the self not exist?"
The Buddha remained silent.
The wanderer Vacchagotta rose from his seat and went away.
The Buddha turned to his attendant, the loyal Ananda, and said, "It I had answered "the self exist," that would have encouraged eternalism. But, if I had answered "the self does not exist," that would have encouraged nihilism."
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